• 2023

    Member Spotlight: Watershed Moments Fall 2023. Hopkins Center for the Arts, Hopkins, Minnesota

    2021

    Inheritance: The Endurance of Land. Foundry Art Centre, St. Charles, Missouri

    2018

    Homeland MFA Thesis Exhibition. Southern Illinois University Edwardsville, Edwardsville, Illinois

  • 2025

    Selections from A Common Thread, Carnegie Art Center in Mankato, Minnesota.

    2024

    Fire + Light: Reflections and Refractions, A-Mill Artists Lofts, Minneapolis, Minnesota

    Studio: Here 2024 Special Exhibition, Minnesota State Fair Fine Arts, St. Paul, Minnesota

    Southern Illinois University Edwardsville Faculty & Alumni Exhibition, Edwardsville, Illinois.

    A Common Thread: Member Exhibition Textile Center. Minneapolis, Minnesota. 

    2023

    Domestic to Decorative: The Evolution of Nordic Weaving, Red Wing Arts, Red Wing, Minnesota

    2019

    Confluence: Professor Laura Strand and MFA Graduates from SIUE, invitational, Laura Strand, curator. Regional Arts Commission, St. Louis, Missouri. Part of Innovations in Textiles 2019

    Layered Place, Charis Norell, curator. Intersect Art Center, St. Louis, Missouri

    2018

    Fiber at the Monday Club, Carlene Fullerton, curator. St. Louis, Missouri

    2016

    Fiber Arts Invitational, Dion Dion, curator. Manchester Arts, Manchester, Missouri

  • 2025

    Arts North International 30, Jurors TBA, Hopkins Center for the Arts, Hopkins, Minnesota

    2024

    Friends of Finland, Finnish American Heritage Center Finlandia Art Gallery, Hancock, Michigan.

    Hopkins Center for the Arts Member Juried Show, TBA, jurors. Hopkins Center for the Arts, Hopkins, Minnesota

    Hopkins Center for the Arts Spring Member Show. Hopkins Center for the Arts, Hopkins, Minnesota

    Arts North International 29, Christopher Harrison, Kylie Linh Hoang, and Michelle Turner, jurors. Hopkins Center for the Arts, Hopkins, Minnesota

    2023

    Minnesota State Fair Fine Arts Exhibition, Deborah Cooter, textile juror. State Fairgrounds, St. Paul, Minnesota

    Hopkins Center for the Arts Member Spring Show, Ken Herren and Nicole Houff, award jurors. Hopkins Center for the Arts, Hopkins, Minnesota

    Hopkins Center for the Arts Member Juried Show, Gordon Coons, Russell Hamilton and Mary Catherine Solberg, jurors. Hopkins Center for the Arts, Hopkins, Minnesota

    2022

    Hopkins Center for the Arts Member Juried Show, Jeff Harrington, Catherine Hearding and Leila Rastegar, jurors. Hopkins Center for the Arts, Hopkins, Minnesota

    A Common Thread: Member Exhibition. Textile Center. Minneapolis, Minnesota.

    2020

    Heaven Earth, David Brinker and Sun Smith-Foret, jurors. Art Saint Louis, St. Louis, Missouri

    2019

    Between the Threads, Jan Byron, juror. Webster Arts, St. Louis, Missouri. Part of Innovations in Textiles 2019

    Timeless Fibers, Weavers’ Guild of St. Louis exhibition committee jury. University City Public Library Gallery, St. Louis, Missouri. Part of Innovations in Textiles 2019

    re:SURFACED, Leandra Spangler, juror. Fontbonne University Fine Art Gallery, St. Louis,Missouri. Part of Innovations in Textiles 2019

    2018

    Surface Design Association Future Tense II, Catherine Armbrust and C. Pazia Mannella, jurors. George Caleb Bingham Gallery at the University of Missouri, Columbia, Missouri

    Annual Juried Art and Design Student Exhibition, Kate Anderson, juror. Southern Illinois University Edwardsville, Edwardsville, Illinois

    2016

    Serendipity, Melissa Whitwam and Ken Botnick, jurors. Art Saint Louis, St. Louis, Missouri

    Timeless Fibers 2016, Weavers’ Guild of St. Louis exhibition committee jury. University City Public Library Gallery, St. Louis Missouri

    Mixed Bag: All Media Exhibition, Beverly Gordon, juror. Handweavers Guild of America, Convergence Conference 2016, Milwaukee, Wisconsin 

    2015

    Fiber Focus 2015, Marci Rae McDade, juror. Art Saint Louis, St. Louis, Missouri 

  • 2024

    Studio: HERE Micro Residency, Minnesota State Fair, Fine Arts Building, St. Paul, MN.

    First Place Fibers and Textiles, Blaine Central Lions Club Award; Arts North International 29

    2023

    Award of Excellence; Hopkins Center for the Arts Spring Members’ Show

    Art for Water, Minnesota Water Stewards – a program by Freshwater and managed by Hennepin County

    2020

    Kimmel Harding Nelson Center for the Arts - artist residency - postponed due to the Covid-19 pandemic

    Surface Design Association Professional Development Grant - supporting research trip to Finland and study at the Craft Museum of Finland (Postponed due to Covid-19)

    2018

    Surface Design Association Outstanding Student Award

    Barbara Dyck Memorial Award in Textiles; Southern Illinois University Edwardsville

    2017

    Robin W. Brown Award Friends of Art Auction; Southern Illinois University Edwardsville

    Research Grants for Graduate Students; Southern Illinois University Edwardsville

    2016

    Teaching Assistant, Textiles; Penland School of Crafts invited by Rebecca Mezoff

    2015

    The Weaver's Guild of St. Louis Award for Excellence in Woven Tapestry given in memory of Helen Wenzel

    2014

    Student Assistant Grant Recipient; Handweavers’ Guild of America Convergence Conference; Providence, RI

  • Pedigo, M. “Wool into Light with Tapestry Artist Soile Hovila” Selvedge Magazine Blog, June 16, 2023. https://www.selvedge.org/blogs/selvedge/wool-into-light-with-tapestry-artist-soile-hovila

    Pedigo, M. “Weaving Light and Meaning: A Conversation with Artist Soile Hovila,” Norwegian Textile Letter, March 2023, Volume 29, No. 1. https://norwegiantextileletter.com/article/hovila

    Pedigo, M. “Unconventional Mentoring,” Surface Design Journal, Spring 2020: 6-11

    Pedigo, M. “Journeys with Indigo,” Art Quilting Studio Magazine, Winter 2014: 68-71

  • Cierzan, Natalie. “Local artists tie down awards at this year's Arts North International.” Sun Sailor (St. Louis Park – Hopkins/Minnesota), February 5, 2024. https://www.hometownsource.com/sun_sailor/community/hopkins

    Higher Education Channel -Happening Now Feature: The Foundry Art Centre’s New Fall Exhibits 2021

  • Nine Mile Creek Watershed District Citizen Advisory Committee, 2024

    Art for Water Steward, Freshwater and Hennepin County; Twin Cities Minnesota, 2023

    Committee Member, three-year term, City of Hopkins Public Art Advisory Committee; Hopkins Minnesota, 2023

  • Master of Fine Arts, Southern Illinois University, Edwardsville, Illinois

    Master of Arts; Education, Fontbonne University, St. Louis, Missouri

    Bachelor of Arts; Psychology, Webster University, St. Louis, Missouri